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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

September 1999

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 729Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 77Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWhite Dew8Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 810Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 811Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 812Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 813Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 814Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 815Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 816Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 817Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 818Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 819Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 820Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 821Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 822Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAutumn Equinox23Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 824Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 825Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 826Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 827Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 828Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 829Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 88Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew9Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, September 8, 1999

Lunar 一九九九年 · 七月廿九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. End of Heat

    Mon

    1999-08-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1999-09-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Autumn Equinox

    Thu

    1999-09-23

    In 15 days

  4. Cold Dew

    Sat

    1999-10-09

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 白露

Year cycle

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

癸酉

七月廿九

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateSculpture and paintingTravelLift misfortuneComing-of-age riteCut garmentsHang a signboardBuild a stoveOpen for businessDig a pond

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

Favourable

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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